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Link to Java Viewer MapGuide

Using the Java Viewer

The Java Viewer version of MapGuide functions differently than the ActiveX version. Specific details on those differences can be found in the Known Java Viewer Issues section on this page.
• To locate a parcel click on the Zoom Goto button,   select Parcels as the category and enter the parcel number.

Enter a zoom to width and then click the OK button. The map will zoom into the chosen parcel. Alternately, the Zoom Goto function can be accessed by right clicking on the map and selecting Zoom > Goto.

• To view ownership and valuation information on a specific parcel zoom into the parcel and click on the Select tool   . Double click on the parcel and another window will open displaying the tabular information.
• To view the dimensions of a parcel turn on the Map ID #s layer under the Assessor Features group and using the Select tool   double click the map, which will load a pdf of the Official Parcel Map.
• There is currently no way to search by owner name or address, but that functionality will be added soon.

OS/Browser Compatibility

Maricopa County has tested the following combinations of operating system and web browsers combinations with the Autodesk MapGuide Java Viewer
• Mac OS X
• Firefox 1.5.0.7
• Map views ok. Doubleclick feature is intermintent. I assume this is based on the size/placement of the hidden layer creating the popup link
• Safari 1.3.2
  • Map views ok. Doubleclick feature is intermintent. I assume this is based on the size/placement of the hidden layer creating the popup link
• Opera 9.02
  • Map views ok. You have to hold "shift" down and doubleclick. Appears to work anywhere within property boundary.
• Labels (parcel#) do not always work - could be the older Mac though.
  • May have to click screen to activate control. Firefox and Opera have popup asking to allow/trust the Mapguide applet. Safari has no prompt and you have to click the center of the screen at least once (sometimes more) to activate/load the control.
  • May get prompt to allow popups from maricopa.gov - must click yes or they will not get property data when they try.
  • Again the intermittent doubleclicks noted in the browsers above appear to be because the layer the click box/polygon does not fully incorporate the full boundaries of the visible parcel lines. Someitmes it seems that it is either on top of, or very near the visible parcel number or the visible lot number.
  The Java Version of MapGuide does not work with Mac OS 9 or lower.

Known Java Viewer Issues:

There are a few features that work differently on the Java version of the MapGuide viewer.
• Java provides no mechanism for copying maps to the Clipboard. The Copy > Copy command in the popup menu will not appear when the map is viewed with the Java Edition.
• Depending on the system that you are using, the quality of the colors may vary.
• Depending on the operating system that you are using, the positional accuracy of the text may vary. On the Macintosh operating system, the bounding box of text features is much larger than that on Windows. Therefore, the text will appear to be in a different location because there is more white space between the text and its insertion point. For this reason there are no dimensions available on the Java Edition of the MapGuide map. Dimensions can be viewed by referring to the originally recorded documents or by turning on the Map ID #s layer, selecting the Select tool and then double-clicking on the Map ID over the parcel. A pdf of the map will open in a new window